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		omnivore on Dec 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of... Before social media, you probably wouldn't have these distant connections to begin with because a lot of them are conceived in forums that just didn't have a parallel back in the day besides pen pals or someone you met at a conference once somewhere random.

interfixus on Dec 19, 2017 [–]

> at a conference

Such a Hacker Newish assumption. In the so-called real world, most people travel for all sorts of other reasons than conferences.

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